HAVE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING
INFORMATION ONLINE.
REPORTING FOR LOCAL 10, 10 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. WEEK NUMBER 2 IN THE PENALTY
WEEK NUMBER 2 IN THE PENALTY
PHASE FOR THE PARKLAND SCHOOL
SHOOTER.
>> TESTIMONY CONTINUES WITH THE
DEFENSE ASKING QUESTIONS AND
CRISTAIN HAS WHAT WAS JUST
SHOWN IN COURT.
CRISTAIN?
>> AND THE STATE‘S PRESENTATION
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CONTINUES.
THAT INCLUDES THE AR-STYLE
RIFLE USED TO SHOOT AND KILL 17
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS STAFF
AND STUDENTS ON VALENTINE‘S DAY
2018 AND THEN WOUND ANOTHER 17. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT JURORS GOT
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT JURORS GOT
TO SEE IN THE PAST HALF OUR.
IT IS WITH THAT RIFLE AND SEE
APPROACHING THE PERSON ON THE
STAND AND THAT IS THE BSO
SERGEANT TO CONFIRM THIS WAS
THE RIFLE SHE FOUND ON SCHOOL
GROUNDS WHEN THEN A CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATOR.
REMEMBER THE STATE HERE IS
SEEKING A DEATH VERDICT.
THIS JURY WILL BE TASKED WITH
DECIDING WHETHER IT SHOULD BE
LIFE OR DEATH PENALTY.
THE SHOOTER IN THIS CASE
SETTING UP THE PENALTY PHASE
AND WHY YOU‘LL CONTINUE TO HEAR
THE STATE ENTERING COMPELLING
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND WE HEARD
REALLY EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY AND
THIS IS IN PART TO PRESENT THAT
CASE AND WITH UNDERLYING FACTS
BUT TO SHOW IT WAS HEINOUS AND
ATROCIOUS AND JURORS ALSO HEARD
FROM THE LAST OF THE REMAINING
17 WHO SURVIVED THE WOUNDED AND
LAST ONE WE HAVEN‘T HEARD FROM
YET THAT WE GOT TO HEAR FROM
THIS MORNING.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> RIGHT BACK.
>> TOLD JURORS HE WAS WRITING
AN ESSAY WHEN HE SENT SHOTS FOR
THOSE ON VALENTINE‘S DAY 2018.
WITH HIS TESTIMONY JURORS NOW
HEARD FROM ALL 17 STAFF AND
STUDENTS SHOT AND SURVIVED.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRAGMENTS
STILL IN MY LOWER BACK.
I CAN‘T DO SOME MOTIONS WITH MY
LEG MOTIONS LIKE WORKING OUT OR
ANYTHING BECAUSE OF MY BACK.
>> THE BSO CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATOR SAID HE SAW
SHATTERED WINDOWS AND SPENT
SHELL CASINGS WHEN HE GOT TO
THE SECOND FLOOR WALKING JURORS
THROUGH IMAGES HE SNAPPED.
>> STRIKE MARKS ON THE FLOOR AND SEVERAL DESKS.
AND SEVERAL DESKS.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER PICKING
SOMEONE UP AT 72 WAXAHACHIE
ROAD?
>> YES.
>> YOU WERE GOING TO GO
STRAIGHT AND HE TOLD YOU TO
TURN LEFT?
>> YES.
>> THE UBER DRIVER WHO SAID THE
PARKLAND SHOOTER SAID HE WAS ON
HIS WAY TO MUSIC CLASS AND
THOUGHT MAYBE HE HAD A GUITAR
CASE.
>> HE WAS ON THE PHONE.
>> ON CROSS-EXAMINATION THE
ATTORNEY ASKING THE WITNESS IF
SHE REMEMBERS HIM BEING ANXIOUS
AND NERVOUS.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER MR. CRUZ
BEING ANXIOUS AND NERVOUS WHEN
YOU DRPED HIM OFF?
>> YES.
>>
>> AND BACK LIVE SO YOU CAN SEE
THE COURT PROCEEDINGS UNDERWAY AND THAT BACK OFF AND HEARD
AND THAT BACK OFF AND HEARD
FROM THE DEFENSE IN THAT STATE
OF MIND AND IN THAT MOMENT
BEGINNING TO SEE WHAT WE EXPECT
THE DEFENSE CASE TO ULTIMATELY
LOOK LIKE WHERE THEY‘LL STRESS
EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY RELEVANT
TO THE STATE OF THE MIND OF THE
CLIENT AND ONE THING THEY‘LL
TRY TO CONVINCE THE JURORS THE
REASON NOT TO GIVE THE DEATH
VERDICT BUT CHOOSE LIFE AND
CONSIDERING IF HE WAS DOING
THIS ACTION UNDER EMOTIONAL
DURESS.
COMING BACK OUT LIVE WHERE WE
DO EXPECT A FULL DAY OF
TESTIMONY SO WE‘LL JOIN YOU
AGAIN ON LOCAL 10 NEWS AT 3
WITH WHAT TRANSPIRES BETWEEN
NOW AND THEN.
I‘M CHRISTINA VASQUEZ, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHRISTINA, THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE
TRIAL FROM GAVEL TO GAVEL EVERY
DAY ON LOCAL10.COM
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES HAVE IT
AS WELL AND THE LOCAL 10 APP
WHICH IS ON SMART TV.
AND THE IN DEPTH SECTION ON
LOCAL10.COM AS WELL FOR YOU.
JUST FOLLOW THIS QR CODE AND
WE‘LL HAVE THE TIME LINE OF THE
EVENTS AND STORIES ON EACH OF
THE 17 VICTIMS AND HEAR THE
TESTIMONY FROM SOME OF THE